by Nina van Duijnhoven | Mar 25, 2020 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Dear Nina, We are very pleased to invite you to “Schmuck 2020” the special jewellery show during the 72nd International trade fair Munich. Chequita Nahar, dean of Academy of Fine Arts and Design Maastricht selected 63 artists from 29 countries out of 802...
by Nikki Perry | Mar 12, 2020 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
We HS6’ers gathered in one place for our masterclass with Iris Eichenberg on 25 January 2020. The day before, we had met each other for the first time at Jewel Camp and shown our presentations to the room. Renee Bevan did her Push/Pull supercharged workshop with us...
by Susan Videler | Mar 11, 2020 | Handshake6, Susan Videler
It was a little daunting presenting to a largely unknown group in Auckland that first day, however the benefits far outweighed any initial concerns. Renee Bevan grounded us all with a quick introduction to the Push /Pull theory. I feel fortunate to be with a group of...
by Jack Hadley | Mar 9, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
Turning up on the first day of JEWELcamp I felt like a total impostor. I’m not a ‘real jeweller’ but a gleeful hobbyist. I haven’t gone to jewellery school. I’m impatient and I don’t know how to do things properly. Instead I go to jewellery night classes and watch...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 7, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
For Iris. You asked for a manifesto, and here one is. It’s a bit of a mashup, and a wee bit sketchy. A Frankenstein manifesto. Built of elements sourced and paraphrased from all over the place, put together in a way that attempts to make sense of my practice and...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Mar 6, 2020 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Exhausting and at times an emotional roller-coaster, but what an amazing experience the Masterclass with Iris Eichenberg was. I am so grateful and happy to be part of this project and wonderful bunch of Handshakers! Fellow artists becoming friends to learn from, share...
by Mia Straka | Mar 3, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka
‘What makes the body present in this world is the doorway that is too small to fit through without having to make a shift’. Iris Eichenberg Over four days at the end of January 2020, we 12 Handshake6 participants came together for the first time to take part in a...
by Macarena Bernal | Mar 3, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
Meeting Iris was fabulous. The masterclass weekend was exhausting, by Sunday I had been working for 6 days straight in the same building not having much contact with the non-jewellery world. I was jewellery-ed out. During those eternal sessions with Iris I carefully...
by Antonia Boyle | Mar 2, 2020 | Antonia Boyle, Handshake6
January and February have been a whirlwind starting with the kick-off of Handshake 6 and ending in the beginnings of studio experiments. Jewelcamp started with sweaty hands and a pounding heart. Upon meeting the other handshakers I found myself among friends, with...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 2, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
LET’S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING… by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 2, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson In the last few days I have felt an almost overwhelming desire to stand in the ocean. Not to swim, or float or splash, just to stand. Waist deep, not moving, focused on...
by Amelia Rothwell | Mar 2, 2020 | Amelia Rothwell, Handshake6
Iris Eichenberg masterclass – Jan 2020 “It’s about the final outcome being not just jewellery.” The thing that struck me most about Iris, aside from her warmth and generosity, was her use of language. The way she uses words is poetic and insightful. She has the...
by Fran Leitch | Mar 1, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
‘All art is magic’, Alistair Crowley The HS6 workshop in Auckland back in January with Iris Eichenberg was sublime (11 fantastic people to be in this journey with too). Through Iris’s exquisitely crafted turn of phrase regarding our work and projects, she challenged...
